Landry v. The Queen

[1979] 1 SCR 552 Court SCC Decision date 1979-01-25 English

PartiesGilbert Joseph Landry Appellant·Her Majesty The Queen Respondent

Counsel (4)

E.J. Horembala and Miss B. Gegenberg, for the appellant.
J.E. Hall, for the respondent.
Solicitors for the appellant: Hogan, Ritchie & Co., Vancouver.
Solicitors for the respondent: DuMoulin, Black & Co., Vancouver.

Judges Laskin, Bora; Martland, Ronald; Ritchie, Roland Almon; Pigeon, Louis-Philippe; Dickson, Robert George Brian; Beetz, Jean; Estey, Willard Zebedee; Pratte, Yves; McIntyre, William Rogers

Delivered by Majority

On appeal from British Columbia

Subjects Criminal law

Contents

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

THE CHIEF JUSTICE—We do not need to hear you, Mr. Hall. We do not think that the trial judge erred in failing to put provocation to the jury. The appeal is accordingly dismissed.

Judgment accordingly.

Solicitors for the appellant: Hogan, Ritchie & Co., Vancouver.

Solicitors for the respondent: DuMoulin, Black & Co., Vancouver.

Footnotes

[1] (1978), 40 C.C.C. (2d) 384.